Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. Chapters of the series that run in Weekly Shōnen Jump are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the Jump Comics imprint every two to three months. It is one of the longest-running manga magazines, with the first issue being released with a cover date of August 1, 1968.
Cover of the first issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released in 1968
First issue of Bessatsu Shōnen Jump which replaced Shōnen Book
Bookshelves at the Minamiuonuma City Library, featuring issues of Weekly Shōnen Jump (2018)
Cover of volume 187 of Remen Shaonian Top
Shōnen manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent boys. It is, along with shōjo manga, seinen manga, and josei manga, one of the primary editorial categories of manga. Shōnen manga is traditionally published in dedicated manga magazines that exclusively target the shōnen demographic group.
Cover of the April 1929 issue of Shōnen Club
Stacks of Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Shōnen Sunday in 2005